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unˈwitnessed, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1407Exam. Wm. of Thorpe (MS. Rawl. C. 208) fol. 33 b, For truþe whanne it is sowen may not ben vnwitnessid. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 1023 Trifles, unwitnessed with eye or ear. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. Pref. iii. §12 Lest their zeale to the cause should any way be unwitnessed. 1615Chapman Odyss. x. 711 Circe..as she came Vanisht againe, vnwitnest by our eyes. 1652Benlowes Theoph. xiii. xxvi, Th' unwitnest witnes of his love. a1750A. Hill Wks. (1753) II. 66 The unwitnessed reflections of solitude. a1800Cowper Odyss. (ed. 2) x. 583 My friends, who with complaints, By thee unwitness'd, wear my heart away. 1812Crabbe Tales xii. 253, I..share unwitness'd pomp, unenvied power. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xiii, The mighty ocean was as yet a wonder unwitnessed by the bold Australian. |